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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. While it was a mystery plot and there were some very thrilling twists and turns, I felt that it was more about the characters and their backgrounds than about the death of a rapper and the search to find her killer.<br/><br/>Initially I was torn between giving this book...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25379889">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to say that I bought the book on a for sale table. Blair Underwood's name caught my eye. I fell in love with him as an actor when he was on the soaps many years ago. Anyways, I bought it put it on my endless to be read book shelves. Well I picked it up and read it and was pleasently surprised...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22243913">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Umm this book kind of got on my nerves...I felt like it was very long and drawn out. I did enjoy the plot and dialogue it was missing something. I didn't necessarily like all of the references to Tupac, Biggie etc. in that respect it tended to be a bit cliche. I did however like the idea of a black ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46275449">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a pretty good first attempt for Blair Underwood. I enjoyed the Hollywood backdrop very much, however, the sex scenes were over the top, some unnecessary. Overall, it was good though, looking forward to reading the next book in the series.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not the best work by Tanarive Due and Steven Barnes, in fact, the text reads is so tame that it reads like nothing either of them has written. Never the less, I enjoyed this book, it was like eating a Big Mac, not cuisine but fast food, very tasty but not nutritious.  I did like the concept, kind of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32234420">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book. I am curious to know how much input Blair Underwood had as far as the writing. It is good to know that there are still men that exist that can have feelings and can be loyal and caring to people without expecting anything in return. I look forward to reading the second book that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37930128">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mindless, lite, and Blair Underwood! Life is good! On to the second. . . ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[They say write what you know. What on earth does Mr Blair &quot;LA Law&quot; Underwood know?<br/>This book is about a male gigolo solving a murder. Huh? It's very steamy and explicit. There are 2 co-writers, so maybe Blair needed help with the big words - but actually this book is very entertaining...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3688928">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Been wanting to read this book and his other one for a while so I finally decided to bite the bullet. So far, I am not impressed. ]]></body>
    
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